An exploration of the fifth and third precepts from a contemplative perspective: what intoxicates? What nourishes and sustains our practice?

Working with the wheel of Dependent Origination

An examination of wise effort, and how it gets mixed up with our habitual personal and cultural approaches to things. Why surrender is needed and what that might look like.

Spring equinox and seeing all things in an unbiased way.

This talk is based on the seven factors of enlightenment; mindfulness, investigation of the truth of Dharma, joy, calm, and concentration.

Poem and journey of awakening through vision of story telling.

We all have had experiences of impermanence, suffering, and not-self, but we haven't been able to generalize these as universal characteristics of conditioned things. Meditation instructions guide us to do so, allowing insight to arise. Examples of naturally arising "insights" which occur on retreat.

Weaving the themes of joy, emptiness, awakening and a long voyage of practice.